Man faces Army desertion charge
or the circumstances. She also would not say if he is back in military custody.
RIVIERA BEACH — A 20-yearThe U.S. Marshals Service old man has been arrested said Monday the lead in Allen’s in Riviera Beach on charges case came from Waco, Texas, of desertion from the Army, and that he was arrested in according to jail records and Riviera Beach. authorities. The Marshals Service said Tyler Michael Allen was it believed he remained in the booked Aug. Palm Beach County Jail as of 30 at the Monday morning.
Palm Beach Allen’s arrest listing has been County Jail deleted from the jail bookunder a ing database since his Aug. hold for the 30 arrest. Sheriff ’s spokes- U.S. Army woman Teri Barbera said fedDeserter eral records “are exempt from Information the booking blotter.”
Point in KenDatabases suggest Allen previously lived in West Virginia. It’s not known how long he was in Palm Beach County. Relatives could not be located for comment. tucky.
Army spokeswoman Elizabeth Chamberlain said Friday she could confirm only that Allen entered the Army in January and “his dates of service were until June 2018. Follow- ing his training, he served 28 days on active duty. He was a private and in the infantry.”
Chamberlain would not say where Allen was stationed or when or where he deserted better solution that I think it will make everyone happy,” she wrote in an update on JUPITER FARMS — The petithe Change.org petition. tion to change Jupiter Farms Instead, she’s proposing Road to Burt Reynolds Road to update the “Jupiter Farms that came about after the Center” sign at the corner actor died Thursday skyof Indiantown Road and rocketed past the expecta- Jupiter Farms Road to add tions of Jupiter Farms resi- “Home of Burt Reynolds.” dent Debi Oliva. As of Monday afternoon, the
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